Salihorsk
district election commission and the local prosecutor’s office refused to register
appeals against alleged election violations at some of the town’s polling
stations.

According
to Larysa Nasanovich, Yaraslau Ramanchuk’s election agent in Salihorsk, she
witnessed blatant violations during vote count at local polling station # 25.
“The counted ballots did not match the figures mentioned in the final election
record”, says Ms. Nasanovich.

Similar
abuses were reported by local UCP observer Aliaksandr Tsatsura. “I could see
the vote counting and I swear the number of ballots for Lukashenka was less
than those in favour of Ramanchuk and Niakliayeu. The election commission chair
noticed that and started shuffling them. Then he took them to his table and redistributed
the ballots. My demand to recheck the ballots was dismissed. The final figures
did not match what I had seen with my own eyes”, says the observer.

Following
the registered violations, Larysa Nasanovich and Aliaksandr Tsatsura, together
with observer Malochka, lodged an official request to recount the ballots at
the polling stations. However, the district election commission secretary said
the work of the commission had been over and refused to register the appeals.